US2017261662A1PendingUtilityA1

Optical device manufacturing method

Assignee: ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATIONS RES INSTPriority: Mar 14, 2016Filed: Jan 23, 2017Published: Sep 14, 2017
Est. expiryMar 14, 2036(~9.6 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
G02B 5/1847G02B 5/1861G02B 5/1828G02B 27/0012
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Abstract

Provided is an optical device manufacturing method including forming a reflection layer on a substrate, forming a dielectric layer on the reflection layer, and inserting a phase change material layer into the dielectric layer, wherein the inserting of the phase change material layer includes adjusting a position of the phase change material layer to be inserted into the dielectric layer according to a wavelength of incident light incident to the dielectric layer.

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What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An optical device manufacturing method comprising:
 forming a reflection layer on a substrate;   forming a dielectric layer on the reflection layer; and   inserting a phase change material layer into the dielectric layer,   wherein the inserting of the phase change material layer comprises adjusting a position of the phase change material layer to be inserted into the dielectric layer according to a wavelength of incident light incident to the dielectric layer.   
     
     
         2 . The optical device manufacturing method of  claim 1 , wherein the forming of the dielectric layer comprises adjusting a thickness of the dielectric layer according to the wavelength of the incident light. 
     
     
         3 . The optical device manufacturing method of  claim 2 , wherein the thickness t d,q  of the dielectric layer satisfies the following equation, 
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   t 
                   
                     d 
                     , 
                     q 
                   
                 
                 = 
                 
                   
                     
                       ( 
                       
                         
                           2 
                            
                           q 
                         
                         - 
                         1 
                       
                       ) 
                     
                      
                     
                       λ 
                       0 
                     
                   
                   
                     4 
                      
                     
                       n 
                       d 
                     
                   
                 
               
               , 
               
                 ( 
                 
                   
                     q 
                     = 
                     1 
                   
                   , 
                   2 
                   , 
                   
                     3 
                      
                     … 
                   
                 
                 ) 
               
             
           
         
         where q denotes a resonance order, n d  denotes a refractive index of the dielectric layer, and λ 0  denotes the wavelength of the incident light. 
       
     
     
         4 . The optical device manufacturing method of  claim 3 , wherein the dielectric layer comprises:
 an upper dielectric layer on the phase change material layer; and   a lower dielectric layer under the phase change material layer,   wherein a ratio P q,r  of a thickness of the upper dielectric layer to the thickness of the dielectric layer satisfies the following equation,   
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   P 
                   
                     q 
                     , 
                     r 
                   
                 
                 = 
                 
                   
                     ( 
                     
                       
                         2 
                          
                         r 
                       
                       - 
                       1 
                     
                     ) 
                   
                   
                     2 
                      
                     q 
                   
                 
               
               , 
               
                 ( 
                 
                   
                     r 
                     = 
                     1 
                   
                   , 
                   2 
                   , 
                   … 
                   , 
                   q 
                 
                 ) 
               
             
           
         
         where q denotes the resonance order and r denotes an arbitrary natural number. 
       
     
     
         5 . The optical device manufacturing method of  claim 1 , wherein the phase change material layer comprises a chalcogenide material. 
     
     
         6 . An optical device manufacturing method comprising:
 forming a reflection layer on a substrate;   forming a first dielectric layer having a first thickness on the reflection layer;   forming a phase change material layer on the first dielectric layer; and   forming a second dielectric layer having a second thickness on the phase change material layer,   wherein a sum of the first and second thicknesses has a prescribed thickness and the prescribed thickness is proportional to a wavelength of incident light incident to the substrate.   
     
     
         7 . The optical device manufacturing method of  claim 6 , wherein the prescribed thickness t d,q  satisfies the following equation, 
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   t 
                   
                     d 
                     , 
                     q 
                   
                 
                 = 
                 
                   
                     
                       ( 
                       
                         
                           2 
                            
                           q 
                         
                         - 
                         1 
                       
                       ) 
                     
                      
                     
                       λ 
                       0 
                     
                   
                   
                     4 
                      
                     
                       n 
                       d 
                     
                   
                 
               
               , 
               
                 ( 
                 
                   
                     q 
                     = 
                     1 
                   
                   , 
                   2 
                   , 
                   
                     3 
                      
                     … 
                   
                 
                 ) 
               
             
           
         
         where q denotes a resonance order, n d  denotes a composite refractive index of the dielectric layers, and λ 0  denotes the wavelength of the incident light. 
       
     
     
         8 . The optical device manufacturing method of  claim 6 , wherein at least one of the first and second thicknesses is adjusted according to the wavelength of the incident light. 
     
     
         9 . The optical device manufacturing method of  claim 8 , wherein a ratio P q,r  of the second thickness to the prescribed thickness satisfies the following equation, 
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   P 
                   
                     q 
                     , 
                     r 
                   
                 
                 = 
                 
                   
                     ( 
                     
                       
                         2 
                          
                         r 
                       
                       - 
                       1 
                     
                     ) 
                   
                   
                     2 
                      
                     q 
                   
                 
               
               , 
               
                 ( 
                 
                   
                     r 
                     = 
                     1 
                   
                   , 
                   2 
                   , 
                   … 
                   , 
                   q 
                 
                 ) 
               
             
           
         
         where q denotes the resonance order and r denotes an arbitrary natural number. 
       
     
     
         10 . The optical device manufacturing method of  claim 6 , wherein the first and second dielectric layers comprise an identical material. 
     
     
         11 . The optical device manufacturing method of  claim 6 , wherein the phase change material layer comprises a chalcogenide material.

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